In a suspected case of rape and murder, an 18-year-old girl was found murdered in Sitapur on Sunday morning.
Reports said that a girl who had gone to attend the call of nature in Biswan Kotwali area of Sitapur district on Sunday morning was murdered by slitting her throat.
The family suspects murder after rape. The police are investigating the case from several angles. Police sent the body for post-mortem and registered a case.
When the girl did not return home even after a long time, the family got worried and started a search for her during which her body was found in a sugarcane field in the south of the village. The girl's clothes were in disarray and had blood stains on them. The deceased was the only girl among five brothers.
On getting information about the incident, Circle Officer Abhishek Singh Ajay, Inspector in-charge Manish Kumar reached the spot with a heavy police force. Police sent the body for autopsy.
CO Abhishek said the family members were being questioned. He said on the basis of complaint, a case of murder would be registered against unknown persons.
Sources said the police suspect it to be a case of ‘honour killing’.
Meanwhile in Hapur, a man was arrested by the local police for killing his 21-year-old daughter for delay in serving food.
According to the reports, Mohd Fariyad, 55, a father of six children, got into an argument with his daughter, Reshma, after there was a delay in serving his meal on Saturday night. The daughter apparently made an angry retort which enraged her father and he picked up a sickle in anger and hit his daughter. She sustained a severe injury, which led to her death on the spot.
Police rushed to the spot after getting information about the incident and arrested the accused father.
Additional Superintendent of Police Mukesh Chandra, said, "A case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Babugarh police station. The body was also sent for post-mortem. A probe is on, and the accused will be produced before the magistrate."
Reshma was set to get married on September 4.